How can your children have more intimate relationships with long-distance family members? With my wife already on the way to work, I dropped Mikey (3 yrs) and Sophia (2 yrs) off at preschool, touching base with their teachers while helping them take off their jackets and gloves. Looking up at me with tear-filled eyes, little […]
Tag: Relationships
We all need human connection, although we don’t always do our best to cultivate and foster the relationships we value so much. Stable relationships form in infancy. A child’s earliest relationships with caregivers and family members shape her future connections. Read from the Mommybites Relationships archive. From advice for new moms, to marital relations, to relationships within an extended family, you’re sure to find something beneficial.
Picture Mapping: Talk Less, Draw More
I recently had the honor and privilege of interviewing Dr. Dale Seiden for this month’s NY Family Magazine. Dr. Seiden’s new book, Navi-Gator: A Picture-Mapping Program for Parents and Children, explains and teaches parents how to use pictures to help with common child behavior problems. Why did you start using this technique? Many parents come […]
Getting Your Pet Ready for Baby
Hello Moms! My name is Jenn Fadal, aka The Pack Mom, and my family includes: my husband, Cristan, my boisterous toddler, Sebastian, and my two canine boys Abe and Chico. Like you, my life is hectic. I thought that I was busy with just two dogs and a husband. Oh, how little I knew. Before […]
How Can I Help My Daughter Be More Confident?
How can I help my daughter be more confident? How to raise strong, secure and confident girls is something that many parents struggle with. In fact, according to the latest statistics, 70% of girls believe they are not good enough and 62% of girls feel insecure about themselves. We actually interviewed Dr. Jennifer Harstein, author […]
The Squabbling Grandparents
My husband Rick and I are the parents of twelve-month-old Martin. The problem you can help us with is my in-laws, Gracie and Hal. Apart they are the nicest, most pleasant people you’d ever want to meet. However, when they are together they constantly bicker with each other over the stupidest stuff. Gracie says the […]
Seeing The Good In Good Friday
Today I’m writing from my hometown—not the one I’ve adopted as an adult but the one where I spent the first eighteen years of my life. It feels a little funny to be here. It’s not because I’m (supposedly) a grown-up hanging out in the spaces where I used to be a kid. It’s not […]
How to Be a Scream Free Parent: Teleclass Recap
In case you missed this extremely helpful teleclass, presented by Debbie Pincus, here is a link to the taped class on Scream Free Parenting. Please check out Debbie’s special offer for private in-person or phone/Sype sessions on Calm Parenting for Mommybites moms! Debbie, a family therapist for over 30 years, presented her most effective philosophy […]
Doing the Right Thing
With all the press surrounding the Steubenville case, there has been a lot of talk about kids doing the wrong thing. I would like to share an example of a kid doing the right thing. My good friend M has an older brother who is both mentally retarded and gay. M and her brother went […]